The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-22
FUN IN THE ANSWERS.
Amusement for the Constitutional
Centennial Commissioners.

centennial commissioners.
From the Philadelphia Press.
mo, MAIN; we don't wish any more
poetry"
Let ne give you sample, sir"
1T would be useless, can assure you.
We could not accept poem even from
Shakespeare"
Then there would be absolutely no hope
for either of usn
ALAS nonen
Hem, Well, good morning, sir"
ANA the very tall young woman of UNI
certain age, with big, round Eyeglasses and
long, thin nose, turned rather frigidlv and
left the cosy room of the Constitutional Cen
tennial Celebration Commission TO Secre-
tary Hampton l.. Carson, his secretary and
the reporter.
"A poetessl" ventured the reporter
"A poetess, y answered Mr.. Carson. "The
Verse-makers are not quite SO numerous now
as they have been. Only three poetesseS
and two poets have visited us this week
They want to write odes, sonnets and other
things on patriotic subjects to be used dur
ing the celebration They are not so bad,
except when they wish to insist ON reading
what they call a sample to the committee
We are all so busy that really we have no
time to avail ourselves of their generous Of
ferSn
ALL FOR CASH.
'Do they write for glory or for cash?"
"Oh! for cash all the time. There are no
end of musicians, also, who are kindly ia
voring lis with patriotic songs for the CON
stitutional celebration. We have received
eighty or ninety so far We shall probably
have several hundred by the time the cele-
bration takes place"
'Have YOU heard them all srngg"
"Whatn with a wild look coming into
his fine blue eyes. Then after a pause:
They have all been referred to the Music
Committee"
Pray, what does the Music Committee
think of themm
''The committee hasn't found time to re-
port as yet"
The General Committee is having a vast
deal to do, but is not being permitted to
labor in the dark Every mail brings it adj
vice from far away patriots who are watch
ing them with solicitous eyes. Some of the
advice is good, and some is not SO good. But
all of it is interesting After the letters
are read they are carefully filed away like
receipts for money and the Presidents letter
of acceptance The box in which they are
placed is labeled ''Eccentricities. One of
the first bits of light received yesterday
came on a postal card from a Jealous gen
tleman in Newportville, Pa. He had
thought out things that had not entered the
mind of the committee members. He said:
Gentlemen, if you want to help make
the celebration success, don't forget to
invite the sporting turf people, etc, of
the United States. Also the clergy of all
sectS."
SAMPLES OF SUGGESTIONS.
Another gentleman in the interior of the
State, who has been a subscriber to the
funny papers and has derived good deal of
satisfaction from trick used in most of
them, wrote to Mr.. Carson:
"Please have all the soldiers and states
men who take part in the glorious parade
placarded so that SPECTATORS will know them
as they pass along"
A man in Buffalo writes that he is a
member of drum corps of nine old men,
whose ages aggregate 732 years. Their
flagstaff is a muslxet used by the grand
father of the letter-writer at the Battle of
Bunker Hill Their equipments consist of
canteenS, cartridge boxes and drum cases
used during the Revolution He says they
make mighty lively company, notwith-
standing their ages, and that they would
gladly take part in the parade il their ex-
penseS were paid.
The letter was referred to Col Snowden,
but it is not considered likely that the COM
mittee will put up for expenses.
An pronaut, with an eye to business,
writes to Mr.. Carson:
II would be glad to take member of the
committee and a young lady dressed as a
Goddess of Liberty up III balloon. | will
take them straight up in the air for S45.
Further particulars furnished on applica-
tionn
As it was impossible to find any member
of the committee who cared to go up in a
balloon, even with a young lady dressed as
a Goddess of Liberty, no action was taken
respecting the letter.
Another king of the air writes that he
would like to jump from balloon about a
mile up in air and come down in a parachute
in front Of the Presidents stand He add
ed quite superfiuously, as Mr.. Carson
thought:
II guarantee that this would make sem
sation."
RELICS OF WAsHINGTON-FoR SALE.
T. A. Washington, of Washington, de-
scendant of relative of the Father of His
Country, writes to the committee offering
for sale the suit of clothes that George
first Inauguration. He says that the
clothes belong to great-grandniece of
George Washington, now living in Texas
and for whom he is acting. He guarantees
the genuineness of the relics and refers as
to his standing to several well-known men
i'll Washington He was answered that the
committee has no money to spend on curios,
but it suggested that if the clothes are real
ly what they are said to be, they should be
purchased by Congress and put into the
museum in the Patent Office.
Some letters received by the committee
in reply to invitations sent out to Office
holders in various States to be present at
the ceremonies of the celebration, are pretty
nearly as eccentric as the other communica-
tons. A delicious type was received by
the last mail yesterday afternoon. Itcame
from a member of the Maryland House of
Representatives and a relative of cele-
brated Irish poet. The spelling of the let
ter may be trife defective in spots. but its
patriotism is unimpeachable. 1t reads:
Gentlemen / have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your invitation
and desire TO say that will be present at
the Centennial Anniversary of the birth of
our Glorious Constitution. Why shouldn't
| an why shouldn't evry lover of pluck
and perseverance, The world knows that
it was
Born in tears and baptised in blood
With 'blarsted' roots its only food
But raised aloft its little hand
And swore by God il would be man.
"And am going to Philadelphia to honor
him and tell him that there is blasted roots
enough to give the world and IRELAND
LIBERTY"
THE PRESIDENTS QUARTERS.
The suite of rooms engaged by President
Cleveland at the Lafayette Hotel for his